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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Deadly violence escalates across West Bank + Pandemic 'far more deadly' this year: WHO + Afghan sides talk peace as blast hits mosque + Pipeline hacker servers forced down: analyst + Britain still plans 'last hope' climate summit Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories Israel faces a widening conflict as deadly violence escalates across the West Bank amid a massive aerial bombardment in Gaza and violent riots among Arab and Jews inside the country. 850 words 2000 GMT by Hossam Ezzedine with Adel Zaanoun in Gaza City. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live Video Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA World health experts issue a grim warning that the second year of Covid-19 is set to be "far more deadly" as Japan extends a state of emergency and calls grow to scrap the Olympics. 800 words 2000 GMT by Robin Millard with AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Oly-2020-2021-Japan-politics-health-virus Oly-2020-2021-Japan-Paralympics-health-virus,INTERVIEW Afghanistan-conflict-US,WRAP KABUL Negotiators from the Afghan government and Taliban teams meet to discuss speeding up stalled peace talks, officials say, as a deadly mosque blast shatters the calm of a holiday ceasefire in Afghanistan. 650 words 1930 by Emal Haidary, with Rashid Durrani in Kandahar. Picture. File video US-oil-hacking-pipeline,WRAP WASHINGTON Servers for Darkside were taken down by unknown actors, a week after the cyber extortionist forced the shutdown of a large US oil pipeline in a ransomware scam, a US cyber security firm said. 600 words 2100 GMT by Paul Handley. Picture Climate-Britain-talks,WRAP LONDON Britain still plans to hold an in-person global climate summit in Glasgow later this year despite the pandemic, the event's president says, calling it the planet's "last hope" of averting catastrophe. 630 words moved by Joe Jackson. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- China-society-tourism-Titanic,FOCUS SUINING, China The Titanic is being brought back from the deep, more than a century after its ill-fated maiden voyage, at a landlocked Chinese theme park where tourists can soon splash out for a night on a fullscale replica. 550 words moved by Noel Celis and Qian Ye. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-military-rights-women,FOCUS BANGKOK Beaten, kicked in the groin and threatened with sexual violence -- a young Myanmar teenager detained by the junta's security forces described the treatment suffered by some women and girls behind bars. 750 words moved. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US WASHINGTON To mask or not to mask? The top US health agency's decision to lift mask guidance for vaccinated people took local governments, companies, and experts by surprise, sparking confusion and heated debate. 800 words moved by Lucie Aubourg. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-US-teens-vaccinations,SCENE Health-virus-US-misinformation,FOCUS WASHINGTON False claims that Covid-19 vaccines can cause infertility are discouraging Americans from receiving the shots and leaving health professionals to persuade patients that scare stories they have read online are unfounded. 650 words 2000 GMT by Claire Savage Health-virus-Greece-tourism-leisure,2ndlead HERAKLION,Greece Tourists bask in the warmth, sun and crystal waters of Crete on long-awaited holidays as Greece kickstarts its tourism season after last year's pandemic misery. 700 words moved by Mina Economou. Picture. Video Health-virus-India-villages,SCENE UNNAO, India As coronavirus silently ravages India's vast rural hinterland, people are relying on quacks and herbal concoctions while loved ones are hastily buried in shallow graves or given up to rivers without a proper funeral, locals say. 750 words moved by Sanjay Kanojia with Abhaya Srivastava in New Delhi. Picture -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-US-Czech,WRAP MOSCOW Russia formally designates the United States and the Czech Republic as "unfriendly states" amid the biggest crisis in ties between Moscow and Washington in years. 450 words moved Russia-Ukraine-conflict-Putin,WRAP MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin vows to respond to what he says is the persecution of Moscow-friendly politicians in Ukraine, accusing the West of turning a blind eye to Kiev's political "clean-up." 600 words moved by Anna Smolchenko. Picture Ireland-health-computers-politics,WRAP DUBLIN Ireland's health authority shuts down its computer systems after experiencing a "significant ransomware attack", a week after the largest US fuel pipeline network was also targeted. 650 words moved by Joe Stenson. Video -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,SCENE GAZA CITY Gazan teenager Mohammed Najib says that Israel's bombardment of the coastal enclave and the barrages of rockets unleashed by Palestinian armed groups is like "watching a horror movie". 600 words moved by Adel Zaanoun. Picture. Video Iran-politics-vote-internet,FOCUS TEHRAN As Iran gears up for a presidential election, people from across the political spectrum are taking to the audio app Clubhouse as a rare forum for debate inside the country. 800 words moved by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video. File Picture Lebanon-Turkey-electricity,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon loses as much as a quarter of its mains electricity supply as a Turkish firm halts power generation, the latest blow to the crisis-hit country already suffering long blackouts. 650 words moved by Alice Hackman with Gokan Gunes in Istanbul. File Picture. File Video -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military-Japan-journalist,2ndlead TOKYO A Japanese journalist arrested while covering the aftermath of the Myanmar coup arrives in Tokyo, after charges against him were dropped as a diplomatic gesture. 600 words moved. Picture HongKong-China-politics-media,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong authorities announce they have frozen the assets of billionaire pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai, including shares in his media publications, for breaching the city's national security law. 500 words moved -- AFRICA -- SAfrica-indigenous-IT-Amazon,FOCUS CAPE TOWN A legal battle looms over plans to build the African headquarters of online retail giant Amazon on land that is dear to South Africa's indigenous Khoisan ethnic group. 550 words moved by Linda Givetash -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Republicans-Stefanik,2ndlead WASHINGTON US Republicans elect congresswoman Elise Stefanik, an outspoken defender of Donald Trump, as their new House conference chair, as the party scrambles to unify amid an explosive debate about its support for the ex-president. 600 words 2000 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-economy-consumer-retail-inflation,WRAP WASHINGTON After a rush of shopping in March, Americans took a break in April, and data show the US economic recovery may be hitting some turbulence amid supply bottlenecks and rising worries about inflation. 600 words 2000 GMT by Heather Scott -- SPORT -- Tennis-ATP-WTA-ITA,WRAP ROME World number one Ashleigh Barty retires from the Italian Open with an arm injury just two weeks before the start of Roland Garros as Rafael Nadal reaches the semi-finals of a Masters event for the 75th time. 650 words 2000GMT. Picture Moto-Prix-ESP-FRA-Marquez,INTERVIEW PARIS Six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez tells AFP that he is not yet in title-winning shape as he continues his recovery from three surgeries on his arm. 600 words moved by Pablo San Roman. Picture afp
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